LP Knocks Soyinka For Exhibiting Dual Character

  

The Labour Party (LP) has  disagreed with the  Prof. Wole Soyinka on his analysis of the February 25 presidential election.

LP said   that he allowed emotion to take better part of him.

The LP stated it was aware that Soyinka resides in Lagos State and was in Nigeria in February 25 when elections held in Nigeria, adding that he would have probably watched "when a certain individual in Lagos warned non-indigenes to vote a particular political party or risk being deported to their place of birth, and he never condemned it.

The party said there was a global condemnation of, not only the outcome of the election but also the process, "particularly, the 'glitching' incidence that occurred only during the transmission of presidential result to IREV. 

LP in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary Obiora Ifoh,  told  Soyinka that the matter was still before the court and would reserve its comments until the Supreme Court makes a final pronouncement. 

"LP expresses surprise that Soyinka who is regarded  as a detribalized Nigeria and an activist, would succumb groupthink syndrome that subscribes to state capture...based on  primordial considerations."

"The Nobel Laureate admitted that he has an electoral monitoring unit, but we  wonder why he failed to notice that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) failed to comply to its own rule.

"We really appreciate him for at least giving some credits to Labour Party and its presidential candidate for breaking the monopoly of power hitherto held by the two other parties. 

"We also noted his admission of his willingness to be part of a demonstration which would be based on the banner of truth," the statement added.

 

 

"He was there when ballot boxes were snatched by thugs in a polling booth right in front of his house, he didn't condemned it. 

"We are still looking for where he came out to condemn the unprovoked attacks on our supporters in Lagos by members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) during the last elections."

"As someone who is known to demonstrate based on truth, we didn't hear as much as a whisper from 'Kongi' reminding INEC that it has to stand by its word.

"He also watched when Labour Party provided evidences of several defaced result sheets permitted and uploaded to the IREV by INEC particularly in places where Labour Party won, again the great Soyinka was astonishingly mute.

"We will not allege selective amnesia as the reason for Soyinka's  wrong prognosis but we would have expected him to be a statesman, which we thought he was, by remaining on the side of caution and not exhibiting dual character of someone who may be blinded by some chauvinistic tendencies. 

"We would rather keep our impression about his recent dual personality with us. We want to also let him know that building a new Nigeria is a dream which time has come and Nigerian youths will not relent until such dream is realized."